No no no, he's not talking about you. By people he means rich people. Rich people aren't supposed to use it against each other. See if it were refering to one of us, then it would say something like plebes, or peons, or maybe serfs. Dig?
This seems to me to be on topic... There was a question as to who did it (albeit a stupid one). Perhaps it was just too subtle for a certain moderator?
(Yeah that was sarcasm, get it?)
If someone posts a troll in the woods, are they still wrong?
I mean seriously, what if every night I leave a macro program running (I'm a dirty cheater, I know) that fishes for me all night long. Or hides. Or whatever (I'm thinking UO here, where the more you do something, the better you get at it). In any case, won't the AI immediately find a place to fish then if I turn it on? Suck.
On the other hand, maybe we can't expect everyone to be quite as enlightened as we are (sarcasm? I'm not sure myself...). It does not hurt you if someone cuts their own hands off. Except I guess when they ask you to teach them to tie their own shoes (oh, a metaphor). Why fight this? Even if it becomes a law, would you follow it anyway? Are you so attached to the US? Why let them drag you down? Just leave for pete's sake.
I might lay down and let them take my freedoms but I am sure as hell not going to pay them while they do it. I'll be a little more blunt, since on the off chance the person responsible for this reads this, they are obviously very very dense. There is no way in hell I will pay for a computer that was designed not to work. If they gave it to me, I might accept it for parts.
Just out of curiosity, could you then impregnate yourself with your clone? I would be afraid of doing a crappy job raising my clone, and then it would make me be its slave and do all of its homework. (semi-carefully chosen example) And yes, I am tangential.
Yeah, you know why there's always a "tm" after that saying? Yeah, it's because I own it, and I didn't get my royalties for that post. I'll see you in court buddy. Then once I have my legal precedent I'm going after everyone else too. Foolish BT. Everyone knows you can't win against companies that can afford lawyers too. Duh. It's bling bling copyright.
The sound still has to come out of it though. This still won't stop me from putting an audio jack from my discman to my computer, and then ripping it from there. Nor will it stop anyone else, which means I will still be able to download whatever they have locked up so tightly. It's moot and stupid.
...let's not get ahead of ourselves here. What about my flying car? I distinctly remember being promised a flying car, and not a thing about these newfangled "quantum computers" or whatnot. Where are our priorities?
Sometimes I think my sig should be a disclaimer about how my post is probably off-topic or otherwise a waste of valuable energy that must now be converted back into a usable form. It would save me time. You are now 30 seconds closer to your death, and so am I. Sorry bout that.
When this whole worldcom thing came after enron, I was thinking how we should problaby not have been so gung ho about disecting the books of every major company, since it seems some big players seem to be not quite the angels we thought they were (yeah right). I'm just wondering if the damage would have been less if these things had been spread out more. That's the sort of sneaky thing thing that got us in trouble in the first place, but still...
sweet jesus, I forgot I had an account. And to think all this time I've been an anonymous coward.
So anyway, before that last emotional outburst, what I meant to say was that I think that as long as there are universities around things will be ok. I'm pretty sure that most offer some sort of access in their dorms, and elsewhere if you want to pay. Ya. I go to Ohio State and it's mad fast. Maybe I'm just being short sighted, but then again, I don't see myself leaving here any time in the next ten years either...
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No no no, he's not talking about you. By people he means rich people. Rich people aren't supposed to use it against each other. See if it were refering to one of us, then it would say something like plebes, or peons, or maybe serfs. Dig?
This seems to me to be on topic... There was a question as to who did it (albeit a stupid one). Perhaps it was just too subtle for a certain moderator? (Yeah that was sarcasm, get it?) If someone posts a troll in the woods, are they still wrong?
I'd say the PR is more important than the money for this one. Puts the issue into peoples minds, whereas before there was naught.
Who is Cowboy Neal and his sidekick Hemos?
(It's in the form of a question, alex)
I mean seriously, what if every night I leave a macro program running (I'm a dirty cheater, I know) that fishes for me all night long. Or hides. Or whatever (I'm thinking UO here, where the more you do something, the better you get at it). In any case, won't the AI immediately find a place to fish then if I turn it on? Suck.
Now I'm confused. Is that Alternate Intelligence? I could have sworn the A was for Artificial. Whatever I guess.
So, if this guy is flamebait, does that mean I can say mean things about him and it doesn't make me a troll?
Hm... How's this.
So would that be your right friend or your left? Er, I mean hand, I mean... wait. shit.
I admit, I shook the case, I'm sorry...
Do you think it will hurt me if they find out I prefer the sight on the soviet sniper rifle?
On the other hand, maybe we can't expect everyone to be quite as enlightened as we are (sarcasm? I'm not sure myself...). It does not hurt you if someone cuts their own hands off. Except I guess when they ask you to teach them to tie their own shoes (oh, a metaphor). Why fight this? Even if it becomes a law, would you follow it anyway? Are you so attached to the US? Why let them drag you down? Just leave for pete's sake.
I might lay down and let them take my freedoms but I am sure as hell not going to pay them while they do it. I'll be a little more blunt, since on the off chance the person responsible for this reads this, they are obviously very very dense. There is no way in hell I will pay for a computer that was designed not to work. If they gave it to me, I might accept it for parts.
Electrical tape and solder optional. bah, that's what little brothers are for... "Hey Joe, come here and hold this"
Just out of curiosity, could you then impregnate yourself with your clone? I would be afraid of doing a crappy job raising my clone, and then it would make me be its slave and do all of its homework. (semi-carefully chosen example) And yes, I am tangential.
amen my brother. OTOH zone alarm works well for stopping such automatic updates, si vous voulez.
Yeah, you know why there's always a "tm" after that saying? Yeah, it's because I own it, and I didn't get my royalties for that post. I'll see you in court buddy. Then once I have my legal precedent I'm going after everyone else too. Foolish BT. Everyone knows you can't win against companies that can afford lawyers too. Duh. It's bling bling copyright.
The sound still has to come out of it though. This still won't stop me from putting an audio jack from my discman to my computer, and then ripping it from there. Nor will it stop anyone else, which means I will still be able to download whatever they have locked up so tightly. It's moot and stupid.
From the department of redundancy department.
...let's not get ahead of ourselves here. What about my flying car? I distinctly remember being promised a flying car, and not a thing about these newfangled "quantum computers" or whatnot. Where are our priorities?
Sometimes I think my sig should be a disclaimer about how my post is probably off-topic or otherwise a waste of valuable energy that must now be converted back into a usable form. It would save me time. You are now 30 seconds closer to your death, and so am I. Sorry bout that.
...anything wrong with a corporation that requires litigation to keep itself alive?
Hoooom. Yes. I might agree to that. Hooom. Give me a day or two...
Hooom. Yes. I might agree with that. Hooom. Give me a day or too...
as early as the mid 1990's I'd say.
this, but is this guy flamebait for being an idiot or because he went against popular opinion? So does this make me flamebait now?
When this whole worldcom thing came after enron, I was thinking how we should problaby not have been so gung ho about disecting the books of every major company, since it seems some big players seem to be not quite the angels we thought they were (yeah right). I'm just wondering if the damage would have been less if these things had been spread out more. That's the sort of sneaky thing thing that got us in trouble in the first place, but still...
sweet jesus, I forgot I had an account. And to think all this time I've been an anonymous coward. So anyway, before that last emotional outburst, what I meant to say was that I think that as long as there are universities around things will be ok. I'm pretty sure that most offer some sort of access in their dorms, and elsewhere if you want to pay. Ya. I go to Ohio State and it's mad fast. Maybe I'm just being short sighted, but then again, I don't see myself leaving here any time in the next ten years either...
Oh sweet irony